The Showgrounds: Prepare for a football celebration when Coleraine tie their boots for Cliftonville. Read all about the game here!
- Cliftonville have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Premiership
This arena uses the playing surface grass, unlike Cliftonville's home arena. The latest 39 games by the away team on grass have generated 17 wins, 12 draws and 10 losses.
It's no vacation for neither Coleraine nor Cliftonville as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Coleraine form and stats
Coleraine have played 17 Premiership games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 9-5-3 (wins-draws-losses). It's trouble wherever Coleraine are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
The Coleraine crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Cliftonville here at The Showgrounds.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Crusaders (1-4).A decent goal production from Coleraine in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 17 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Coleraine have conceded only 11 goals. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Cliftonville form and stats
9-6-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cliftonville, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) away in Premiership, in their Premiership matches away. Things are running smoothly for Cliftonville who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 14 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Glentoran.
Cliftonville are looking to quickly end their 197 minutes long goal drought in the Premiership. 588 minutes! That's how long the Cliftonville goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Two travels in a row for Cliftonville, whose coach McLaughlin could celebrate last time after the win against Coleraine.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Larne.The visiting Cliftonville have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 25 goals from 17 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Coleraine and Cliftonville have faced each other earlier this season: Cliftonville - Coleraine 2-0. Coleraine-Cliftonville H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Coleraine three wins, Cliftonville five wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Gormley 13 goals | R. Curran 12 goals |  M. Shevlin 11 goals |
Coleraine missing players
Cliftonville missing players
| Coleraine | Cliftonville | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 19 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 18 | 36 |
| 13 | 9 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 14 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 51 | 28 | 5 | Scored | S | 8 | 26 | 55 |
| 40 | 16 | 8 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| 86% | 84% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 92% |
| 78% | 79% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 61% | 64% |
| 47% | 42% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 22% | 36% |
| 19% | 16% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 22% | 19% |
| 14% | 11% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 39% | 37% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | 42% |
| 42% | 53% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | 50% |
| 33% | 26% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 5.6 | 5.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.9 |
| 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.2 | 9.5 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 6.8 | 8.4 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.9 |
| 35% | 37% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 52% | 39% |
| 8.3 | 7.4 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.8 | 7.5 | 6.3 |
| 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
- Cliftonville have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cliftonville have the fewest conceded goals (13) away in Premiership
- Cliftonville have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Premiership
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Linfield | 33 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 62 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 40 | 74 |
| 2 | Cliftonville | 33 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 54 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 30 | 73 |
| 3 | Glentoran | 33 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 64 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 30 | 69 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 33 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 47 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 19 | 61 |
| 5 | Larne | 33 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 56 | 38 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 18 | 53 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 50 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 48 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 44 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 45 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 33 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 38 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 27 | -8 | 44 |
| 9 | Dungannon Swifts | 33 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 40 | 81 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 22 | 42 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 39 | -41 | 28 |
| 10 | Carrick Rangers | 33 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 33 | 62 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 34 | -29 | 25 |
| 11 | Portadown | 33 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 63 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 41 | -35 | 24 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 33 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 30 | 74 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 20 | 48 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 26 | -44 | 12 |
